SegaXtreme

Filling up a DVD-R

racketboy - Feb 1, 2004

		racketboy		Feb 1, 2004
			I'm trying to backup some of my data on to some DVD-Rs. I'm using Nero 6. A DVD-R should hold 4.7GBs, right? Well Nero tells me that I can only burn about 4.5GBs on the disc. What gives?

		Curtis		Feb 1, 2004
			4.7 is probably some kind of pre-formatted or TOC exclusive value. Like a 80gig HD holds 76.4 (or whatever).

		racketboy		Feb 1, 2004
			Well CDRs can hold 700MBs like advertised

		Arakon		Feb 1, 2004
			dvd-r media hold 4.3 GB. as mentioned above, it's the same thing as with HDs.

		racketboy		Feb 1, 2004
			Well it looked more like 4.4 or 4.5 on Nero. Why are CDs different?

		Pearl Jammzz		Feb 1, 2004
			I would like to know as well....I thought they were just like cds...

		Scared0o0Rabbit		Feb 1, 2004
			you may be able to go higher with it finalized or something. I haven't done much burning with my dvd burner yet.

		gameboy900		Feb 1, 2004
			The reason you get different sizes is because CDR's use the 1MB = 1024KB = 1024 x 1024 Bytes way of measuring space. DVD-R's and HD use the 1MB = 1000KB = 1000 x 1000 Bytes. It's sort of unofficial move to properly realign the whole damn byte sizing thing. 4.7 x 1,000,000,000 = 4,700,000,000 4,700,000,000 / 1073741824 (1024 x 1024 x 1024) = 4.3772161006927490234375 or about 4.38 See. Nero just uses the older 1024 method of figuring out KB, MB and GB.

		Gallstaff		Feb 1, 2004
			Yeah I always hated how it didnt round off to a nice number like how a meg was 1,024 kilos instead of 1000 and the like

		racketboy		Feb 1, 2004
			well that stinks considering it's a few 100MBs less than I was expecting to fix on it.

		Gallstaff		Feb 1, 2004
			And what might that be prytell?

		racketboy		Feb 1, 2004
			that I'm fitting on a disc? well I'm in the process of backing up a lot of my data and moving stuff from CDs to DVDs. This includes: My Sega disc images TV Divx Episodes MP3s Lossless compressed CDs. Hi-res scans of personal photos

		Curtis		Feb 1, 2004
			How personal, racketboy? Just how personal are we talking?

		Gallstaff		Feb 1, 2004
			ooo "personal photos?" I bet some of em got the wife eh, eh?

		racketboy		Feb 1, 2004
			somehow I knew you guys were gonna say that.... sigh no we're talking your normal photos that would be in one's photo album. baby pictures college wedding all that good stuff. I'm trying to archive a lot of stuff.

		Curtis		Feb 1, 2004
			Heh heh... Poor racketboy.

racketboy

Feb 1, 2004

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Curtis@Feb 2, 2004 @ 04:02 AM



 Poor racketboy.

what do ya mean by that?

mal

Feb 1, 2004

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by racketboy@Feb 2, 2004 @ 02:57 PM



 all that good stuff

That's still wide open to interpretation.

		racketboy		Feb 1, 2004
			sometimes I wonder why I tell you guys anything....

		Pearl Jammzz		Feb 2, 2004
			haha u can fit a whole HELL of a lot of pics on a DVD......u must have tonz